amz wrote:What happened this year? The last year was find but 2018 is IMO a fiasco. The pitch was in an awful state and assistance was very small.

Weather has been pretty poor before and during the event itself, and a few days before the tournament started, there was a music show in the same stadium.... I don´t think is a bad idea to take tournaments like these to places where rugby isn´t that well known to promote the sport (specially in T2/T3 countries), but I also agree that some background work should be done before to get some crowd support.

Side note, hell of a year for Contepomi as a coach... losing almost every tournament with Argentina XV, even with some Jaguares players in his squad.

Raven wrote: I don´t think is a bad idea to take tournaments like these to places where rugby isn´t that well known to promote the sport (specially in T2/T3 countries), but I also agree that some background work should be done before to get some crowd support.

Side note, hell of a year for Contepomi as a coach... losing almost every tournament with Argentina XV, even with some Jaguares players in his squad.

I thought the stadium is in Montevideo as well, what do you mean by taking the tournament to places where rugby isn't well know?

Canalina wrote: All in all it has been a mediocre tournament by Emerging Italy and many fans now on the social media are asking: "what's the point on competing on the other side of the ocean with a team composed by men which never played together before?"

These secondary teams are better than nothing.

But Uruguay needs to play proper test matches that score for the world rankings.

Canalina wrote: All in all it has been a mediocre tournament by Emerging Italy and many fans now on the social media are asking: "what's the point on competing on the other side of the ocean with a team composed by men which never played together before?"

These secondary teams are better than nothing.

But Uruguay needs to play proper test matches that score for the world rankings.

And in November we'll play Ulster. Any prospects about any full tests for that window?